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by Secret Alias
Tue Dec 31, 2024 8:56 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Trypho's Statements in Justin's Dialogue
Replies: 52
Views: 6844

Re: Trypho's Statements in Justin's Dialogue

... type of Christ's sacrifice, symbolizing the cure for sin. Justin urges that faith in Christ, evidenced by love for God and neighbor, fulfills all righteousness and leads to salvation. [94] And the other one of those who arrived on the second day said: "Truly you speak; we have no argument ...
by Secret Alias
Tue Dec 31, 2024 7:46 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Trypho's Statements in Justin's Dialogue
Replies: 52
Views: 6844

Re: Trypho's Statements in Justin's Dialogue

... 'Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool.'" He also writes: "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of your kingdom." Trypho agreed that my arguments depended entirely on scripture and acknowledged that my aim was ...
by Secret Alias
Tue Dec 31, 2024 7:46 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Trypho's Statements in Justin's Dialogue
Replies: 52
Views: 6844

Re: Trypho's Statements in Justin's Dialogue

... crucified and resurrected Christ; Jeremiah also prophesied a new covenant unlike the previous one, and the conversion of people from idolatry to righteousness through Christ proves its truth; this new covenant emphasizes spiritual circumcision of the heart, constant observance of true Sabbath ...
by Secret Alias
Mon Dec 30, 2024 4:05 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Trypho's Statements in Justin's Dialogue
Replies: 52
Views: 6844

Trypho's Statements in Justin's Dialogue

... crucified and resurrected Christ; Jeremiah also prophesied a new covenant unlike the previous one, and the conversion of people from idolatry to righteousness through Christ proves its truth; this new covenant emphasizes spiritual circumcision of the heart, constant observance of true Sabbath ...
by AdamKvanta
Sun Dec 29, 2024 2:02 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Hypothesis: Wicked Priest = Herod Agrippa I, Teacher of Righteousness = Simeon of Jerusalem, Man of the Lie = Paul
Replies: 173
Views: 14455

Re: Hypothesis: Wicked Priest = Herod Agrippa I, Teacher of Righteousness = Simeon of Jerusalem, Man of the Lie = Paul

I don't know what else to say about this, so I will cite Baumgarten, who sees this section in CD the same way I do. The princes of Judah are denounced towards the end of the ideological section of the Damascus Document (CD VIII 3-21b). These princes hope for healing, but they are really rebels. In ...
by John2
Sat Dec 28, 2024 4:09 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Hypothesis: Wicked Priest = Herod Agrippa I, Teacher of Righteousness = Simeon of Jerusalem, Man of the Lie = Paul
Replies: 173
Views: 14455

Re: Hypothesis: Wicked Priest = Herod Agrippa I, Teacher of Righteousness = Simeon of Jerusalem, Man of the Lie = Paul

I get what you are saying, but Dt. 32:33 is all about Israel in the original context. 28 Israel is a nation devoid of counsel, with no understanding among them. 29If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate . 30How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put te...
by John2
Sat Dec 28, 2024 2:23 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Hypothesis: Wicked Priest = Herod Agrippa I, Teacher of Righteousness = Simeon of Jerusalem, Man of the Lie = Paul
Replies: 173
Views: 14455

Re: Hypothesis: Wicked Priest = Herod Agrippa I, Teacher of Righteousness = Simeon of Jerusalem, Man of the Lie = Paul

I don't know what else to say about this, so I will cite Baumgarten, who sees this section in CD the same way I do. The princes of Judah are denounced towards the end of the ideological section of the Damascus Document (CD VIII 3-21b). These princes hope for healing, but they are really rebels. In f...
by Secret Alias
Sat Dec 28, 2024 7:46 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: How Did Clement Get the Idea that Marcion was a Theomachos from Celsus?
Replies: 26
Views: 1172

Re: How Did Clement Get the Idea that Marcion was a Theomachos from Celsus?

... food and luxuries, so that they even thought that there is no Providence, since they had not by previous labour got good things as the reward of righteousness, inasmuch as no one of them had fallen into any suffering or disease, or any other necessity; so that, as is usual for men afflicted on ...
by AdamKvanta
Sat Dec 28, 2024 3:11 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Hypothesis: Wicked Priest = Herod Agrippa I, Teacher of Righteousness = Simeon of Jerusalem, Man of the Lie = Paul
Replies: 173
Views: 14455

Re: Hypothesis: Wicked Priest = Herod Agrippa I, Teacher of Righteousness = Simeon of Jerusalem, Man of the Lie = Paul

So are you saying that the phrase from the Damascus Document " their wine is the venom of serpents " means serpents [kings of the peoples = Herodians] walked in the ways [of princes of Judah in Hosea]? Yes. Are you also saying that the phrase from Deuteronomy 32:33 " their wine is th...
by Secret Alias
Fri Dec 27, 2024 3:53 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: How Did Clement Get the Idea that Marcion was a Theomachos from Celsus?
Replies: 26
Views: 1172

Re: How Did Clement Get the Idea that Marcion was a Theomachos from Celsus?

... to the Father, as a giant. "And no one can hide from His heat." Hearing the "heat of Christ," understand it as the Sun of Righteousness. "And no one can hide from His heat." For who, having been dead in the coldest death, can hide from His heat, the Spirit, and ...